MEF2 transcription factors: Developmental regulators and emerging cancer genes

Oncotarget

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 2297-2312

  Pon, Julia R ^a   Marra, Marco A ^a,b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Developmental biology; Gene regulation; MEF2; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

MYOCYTE ENHANCER FACTOR 2; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN MEF2A; PROTEIN MEF2B; PROTEIN MEF2C; PROTEIN MEF2D; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MEF2A PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEF2B PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CARCINOGENESIS; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MEF2 GENE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PLEIOTROPY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSACTIVATION; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MOUSE; NEOPLASM; ONCOGENE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MEF2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MICE; NEOPLASMS; ONCOGENES;

EID: 84962215889     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19492553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.6223     Document Type: Article

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